United's Big Victory

Not only one winner at Old Trafford today

Apparently rejecting handshakes in Uruguay is a sign of
forgiveness and friendship.

Man United's victory today against fierce rivals Liverpool will always be overshadowed for its off-pitch antics.
A perfect opportunity to draw a line under the Suarez racism controversy was unfortunately missed. Moving that issue to one side, it is important to look at the football match. Antonio Valencia produced another destructive performance, while the likes of Rooney, Welbeck and Scholes gave English fans a reason to be positive in what has been a desperate couple of days.
Not only was the manner of the 2-1 victory so pleasing for the United fans, there were numerous other off-pitch victories for the Red Devils;

Gary Neville 1 vs 0 Jamie Redknapp
United Legend G Nev gave Jamie Redknapp the run around in the punditry box. From disagreements over Ferdinand's inch perfect to tackle to the Evra-Suarez affair, the former right-back made it all look 'oh so easy' with stronger opinions and judgments throughout.



Sir Alex 1 vs 0 Kenny Dalglish
Fergie never misses a chance to get under the skin of United's rivals and showed the world once again that football can often be fought off the pitch. Gave strong and highly charged opinions which will cause even more mayhem for his counterpart. King Kenny on the other hand did not give one of his finest interviews, and half way through seemed to be just about to storm out  while blaming the Suarez-Evra affair on the media. Quite hard to defend Suarez in the current climate in all fairness!



Evra 1 vs 0 Suarez 
The above picture says it all, Evra came out of this personal battle as the victor. Patrice ended the game with a lap on honour and the respect of all footballing fans alike. Suarez on the other hand now faces huge public criticism and it will be interesting to see how long Liverpool can support their controversial striker. The world will have to wait to see if his public apology means anything when they play against each other next time. He made a fool of himself, his club and English football, and even his most faithful supporters must be starting to lose patience - grow up!

A cracking day for MUFC all round then, and good momentum for the trip to Amsterdam on Thursday.
As anticipated the Muppets' predictions were a little off, a goal scoring record of 27-35 was not witnessed today - shameless advertising.

by Freddie Leech ( @freddieleech )